Biu Emirate
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The Biu Emirate is a
History
The rulers of Biu are numbered from Abdullahi, later known as Yamta-ra-Wala or Yamta the Great, who established his rule about 1535.[2] Around 1670, in the reign of Mari Watila Tampta, it became known as a kingdom.[3] The main ethnic group is the
King Mari Watirwa (r. 1793–1838) of Kogu defeated Fulani invaders from the
The Biu Emirate includes the Biu, Hawul, Kwaya Kusar and Bayo local government areas.[6] The Biu Emirate has by convention always produced the Deputy Governor of Borno State, representing the south of the state.[7] Until recently, the Biu Emirate was one of three in Borno State, the others being the Borno Emirate and the Dikwa Emirate.[6] In March 2010 the Borno State Governor Ali Modu Sheriff split the old Dikwa Emirate into the new Bama and Dikwa Emirates.[8] This triggered petitions from the people of Hawul, Kwaya Kusar and Bayo to also have separate chiefdoms, which the governor had stated he would do "if the need arises".[9]
Rulers
Mai Biu, also styled Kuthli, were:[1]
Start | End | Ruler | Notes |
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c. 1535 | 1580 | Yamta-ra-Wala[10] | |
1580 | ? | Mari Vira Hyel[10] | |
? | ? | Dira Wala[10] | |
? | ? | Yamta Amba[10] | |
? | c. 1670 | Yamta Kupaya Wadi[10] | |
c. 1670 | ? | Mari Watila[10] | |
? | ? | Yamta ra Bangye[10] | |
? | ? | Mari Luku[10] | |
? | ? | Jakwa Birtitik[10] | |
? | ? | Thlama Bahara[10] | |
? | ? | Tayar Warinki[10] | |
? | c. 1740 | Dakwai[10] | |
c. 1740 | c. 1750 | Mari Kopchi | aka Mari Kwabchi |
c. 1750 | c. 1760 | Di Forma dan Mari Kopchi | son of Mari Kopchi |
c. 1760 | c. 1770 | Garga Moda dan Mari Kopchi | brother of Di Forma |
c. 1770 | c. 1780 | Dawi Moda (Di Moda dan Di Forma) | son of Di Forma |
c. 1780 | c. 1783[10] | Di Biya dan Di Moda | son of Dawi Moda |
c. 1783[10] | 1783 | Di Rawa dan Di Biya | son of Di Biya |
1783 | 1793 | Garga Kopchi dan Di Biya (d. 1793) | brother of Di Rawa |
1793 | 1838 | Mari Watirwa dan Di Rawa (d. 1838) | son of Di Rawa |
1838 | 1873 | Ari Paskur dan Mari Watirwa (d. 1873) | son of Mari Watirwa |
1873 | 1891 | Mari Biya dan Ari Paskur (d. 1891) | son of Ari Paskur |
1891 | 1908 | Garga Kwomting dan Mari Biya (d. 1908) | son of Mari Biya |
1908 | 1920 | Ari I Dogo dan Garga Kwomting (b. 1876 - d. 1935) | son of Garga Kwomting |
Emirs were:[1]
Start | End | Ruler | Notes |
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1920 | 1935 | Ari I Dogo dan Garga Kwomting (see above) | |
1935 | 1951 | Ari II Gurgur dan Garga Kwomting (d. 1951) | brother of Ari I |
1951 | 1959 | Muhammad `Aliyu dan Ari Dogo (b. 1907) | son of Ari I |
1959 | 1989 | Maidalla Mustafa dan Muhammad Aliyu (b. 1915) | son of Muhammad `Aliyu District Head of Kwaya territory before his accession |
June 1989 | 14 September 2020 | Mai Umar Mustapha Aliyu | son of Maidalla Mustafa |
21 September 2020 | Incumbent | Maidala Mustapha Umar Aliyu II [11] | Son of Mai Umar Mustapha Aliyu |
Local Government Areas in Biu Emirate
Biu Emirate covers four Local Government Areas:
References
- ^ a b c "Traditional States of Nigeria". World Statesmen.org. Retrieved 2010-09-20.
- ISBN 0-85011-023-8
- ^ a b c "Biu (Nigeria)". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 2009-10-05.
- ^ "People And Languages of Borno State". Borno State government. Retrieved 2010-09-20.
- ISBN 0-88738-161-8.
- ^ a b "BORNO STATE". Online Nigeria Daily News. 2003-01-29. Retrieved 2010-09-20.
- ^ Inuwa Bwala (11 July 2010). "Borno 2011 - How Power Will Shift". Leadership. Retrieved 2010-09-20.
- ^ Abdulkareem Haruna (28 March 2010). "Kingmakers Crown New Shehu of Dikwa". Daily Independent. Retrieved 2010-09-20.
- ^ Inuwa Bwala (20 March 2010). "Beyond the hype over new emirates in Borno". Sunday Trust. Archived from the original on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 2010-09-20.
- ^ ISBN 0-89950-390-X.
- ^ "Governor Zulum Appoints New Emir of Biu, Mustapha Umar Maidala". Nigerian Voice. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
- ISBN 9780104089.